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Art Director
Sway Creative Labs
Norfolk, USA
Full-time
Director · 3+ years experience
Remote
$65,000 – $85,000
Discovered 1 weeks ago
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What We Offer
- Health Plan: Three Sentara Health Plan options; Sway covers 80% of employee premiums and 50% of dependent premiums
- Dental Insurance: Sway pays 100% of employee's United Concordia Dental Plan
- 401(k): 1:1 match on the first 3% of pay; 50% match on the following 2%
- 15 Paid Vacation Days, resetting at your start date with up to a 5-day negative balance available
- 17 Paid Holidays, including your birthday, the Monday after the Super Bowl, Juneteenth, and the full week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day
- Two-Hour Windows: Leave windows at the start (9–11am) and end (3–5pm) of the workday for personal appointments, not counted against PTO
- Remote Work Affordance: 100% remote with occasional pre-scheduled in-person meetings and on-set requirements
- Year-end performance bonus eligibility; additional bonuses available based on individual and company performance
- Upskilling: 100% reimbursement for at least one approved course, workshop, or conference annually
- Salary: $65,000 – $85,000
- Qualified applicants should send their portfolios, resumes, salary requirements, and optional Braveheart speeches to [email protected].
Qualifications
- Core Qualifications
- 3–5+ years of art direction experience at an agency or in a comparable creative environment
- A portfolio that shows both original concept work and how those concepts scaled across channels
- Deep proficiency in Figma: components, variants, auto-layout and variables. You build systems, not artboards
- Strong command of Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
- Hands-on use of Claude or other AI tools to concept, build or scale creative, and the judgment to know which parts of the job they should and shouldn't touch
- Strong fundamentals: typography, color, composition and visual hierarchy
- The ability to run several projects at once and communicate early on timelines and scope
- Occasional travel and on-set availability
- Additional Assets
- Motion and animation: directing animators, or working in After Effects or Lottie yourself
- Working knowledge of HTML and CSS
- Familiarity with digital accessibility standards (WCAG / ADA Level AA)
- Experience on tourism/destination, food and beverage, healthcare, legal, CPG or entertainment accounts
- What Success Looks Like
- By the end of your first year, clients will ask for you on their most important work. Campaign rollouts will be a system rather than a scramble: the second launch will go faster than the first because you built what makes it so. Designers will want to be on your projects because your direction makes their work better, and leadership will trust your creative judgment on high-visibility work.
- Where This Goes
- The path from Art Director toward Senior Art Director, Associate Creative Director and creative leadership is open and short. We're small enough that there's no queue. The person who proves they can set the bar and build the systems behind it gets handed more of both.
- Why Sway Creative Labs
- Sway is an independent agency where your work is seen by hands-on leadership. You'll work across industries and project types, with real ownership of creative decisions and a direct hand in rebuilding how Sway's work gets made.
About Sway Creative Labs
Marketing & Advertising15 employeesFounded 2012
Independent full-service advertising agency serving brands with creative, media, design, digital, and production services.
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